Wild Dunes

Our annual trip to Wild Dunes was a lot of fun.  The kids kept us busy and were as entertaining as always.

Some brother-sister time at the beach.  They couldn't get enough of the waves and sand!

Point Pleasant

We had another big "first" this week as Marci is finally old enough to go to Point Pleasant.  Surprisingly, she's been a little timid in the mornings when we arrive at camp, but every afternoon she is covered in marsh mud and sad that it's time to come home.  As an added bonus for me, I hear many more of the details of their day now that she's there!  She's come home with some great stories of their adventures, and both kids have been singing camp songs in the car to me on our drive home.  Summer is here!

Holy Zucchini!

We stopped by Marci's garden after school on Monday, and we were shocked to see the size of her zucchini!  Just one week ago, they were the size of pickles.  Wow!!

More Mother's Day

Osten was so proud of all of the starfish we found. 

One last shot of the sand dollars before we set them free.

Mother's Day

We spent the night in Hilton Head for Mother's Day this year.  We found all kind of living treasures on the beach, which just thrilled the kids. 

Marci and I found this spider crab on a dead jellyfish.  The kids played with him all afternoon!

He must be quite a trooper because he survived his visit with us.

We also found TONS of starfish for the first time ever, and we found a couple of sand dollars, too.

Field Trip

Marci had her last field trip two weeks ago.  We went to Home Depot, and the kids all got to pick out a plant for Mother's Day.  She was happy to have me come along, and I had a great time with her!

Of course, we had to a silly shot!

Here's Marci with Lorien, Heath and Gavin back at school showing off their plants.

More Soccer

This soccer season got off to a bit of a rough start with the boys being outscored and often outplayed.  But they still managed to have a good time playing the game--which is really all that matters anyway--and they were finally had the game of their season two weeks ago.  It was a wet, gloomy day.  But those boys played their hearts out, and each one of them scored at least one goal.  Osten even made an impressive corner kick.  It was a game to remember for sure!  And win or lose, I hope Osten will continue to love the game.

 Celebrating with two of his classmates after their big 10-0 win!